Formula 1 engineer loses appeal against jail term for imprisoning elderly landlord

Nine-year sentence for attacking 81-year-old landlord, tying him up, and leaving him in a locked room for 29 hours

The victim suffered life-threatening injuries due to multiple facial and skull fractures causing a brain bleed. 

A Formula 1 engineer has lost his appeal against his nine-year jail term for attacking his 81-year-old landlord, tying him up, and leaving him in a locked room for 29 hours, after luring him to the scene.

Stefan Schaufler also stole Michael Lally’s wallet and car after seriously beating him with a metal bar in the Sligo house he rented from him. He had brought him to a bedroom on the pretence of showing him a leak.